BREAKING: Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison will NOT resign over his controversial decision to secretly appoint himself to five additional ministries while in the top job. 9News MORE:
Morrison took ministerial responsibilities in the Health, Treasury, Home Affairs, Resources and Finance portfolios.The former prime minister claimed he had acted in accordance with public expectations.
"I think there was a great risk that in the midst of that crisis those powers could be misinterpreted and misunderstood, which would have caused unnecessary angst in the middle of a pandemic," he said. "I regret that offence and I apologise for that offence, but I am pleased that through the course of the pandemic my confidence was in them to keep just doing their job," Morrison said.He said the ministers in the portfolios in question had continued to act as ministers, and that he did not instruct any department that he had jurisdiction over their duties.
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